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100 1 $aMemmott, Paul.
245 10 $aMaterial culture of the North Wellesley Islands /$cPaul Memmott.
260 $aBrisbane :$bAboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies Unit, University of Queensland,$cc2010.
300 $avi, 136 p. :$bill., maps, ports ; 30 cm.
490 1 $aResearch Report series / Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies Unit, the University of Queensland ;$v8
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 96-99) and index.
505 0 $aIntroduction -- The climate and land systems of the North Wellesley Islands -- Social and territorial organisation -- Ethnographic data sources -- Subsistence activities: marine habitats, tidal flats and mudflats, sand-based land systems, interior land systems, freshwater sources -- Settlement and shelter: cold weather camps, wet weather camps, mosquito camps, shade structures, shelter forms used during transitional seasonal conditions, the role of shelters as artefacts -- Manufacture and use of fire -- Food preparation: cooking methods, type of cooking methods, types of cooking ovens -- Travel, transport and communication: carrying vessels, watercraft, message sticks and emblems -- Fighting and duelling: fighting weapons -- Public dancing: dance apparel, the public dance event, special dance props and installations -- Square-up rituals: gift square-up, mortuary square-up, initiation square-up -- Initiation ceremonies -- Increase rituals and story places -- Love magic -- Sorcery and power objects -- Curing sickness -- Death and mortuary practices -- Clothing, ornamentation and body decoration -- Toys, games and training -- Curation of artefacts and resources -- Attitude to personal possession of artefacts -- Manufacturing technologies: strings and net technology; bark technology; stone technology; timber technology -- Trade with mainland groups -- Cultural change during mission times (1914-1978), change in the technology of dugong hunting -- Conclusion -- Appendices: 1. Aboriginal artefacts commonly used by Lardil people, 1900; 2. Plant species collected on Mornington and Sydney Islands, 1976; 3. Some Mornington Island reptiles; 4. Local names of some fish and birds at Mornington Island (in Aboriginal English and Lardil); 5. Local names of some birds at Mornington Island; 6. Some land fauna of Mornington Island; 7. Some Mornington Island fauna from freshwater and marine habitats; 8. Some shell species from Mornington Island.
650 0 $aLardil (Australian people)$xMaterial culture.
650 0 $aLardil (Australian people)$xSocial life and customs.
650 7 $aMaterial culture.$2aiatsiss
650 7 $aHabitation - Camps.$2aiatsiss
650 7 $aHousing - Shelters - Bark.$2aiatsiss
650 7 $aLanguage - Vocabulary - Animal names.$2aiatsiss
650 7 $aFishing.$2aiatsiss
650 7 $aFood - Preparation - Cooking.$2aiatsiss
650 7 $aEnvironment - Land management - Fire.$2aiatsiss
650 7 $aWeapons.$2aiatsiss
650 7 $aCostume and clothing.$2aiatsiss
650 7 $aDance.$2aiatsiss
650 7 $aCeremonies - Initiation.$2aiatsiss
650 7 $aBody - Decoration.$2aiatsiss
650 7 $aDeath - Mortuary customs.$2aiatsiss
650 7 $aMaterial culture - String and rope making.$2aiatsiss
650 7 $aTechnology - Wood.$2aiatsiss
650 7 $aHunting - Dugong.$2aiatsiss
650 7 $aLardil people (G38) (Qld SE54-01)$2aiatsisl
650 7 $aLardil language (G38) (Qld SE54-01)$2aiatsisl
651 7 $aWellesley Islands (Qld Gulf Islands SE54-01)$2aiatsisp
830 0 $aResearch report series (University of Queensland. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies Unit) ;$vv. 8.
988 $a20110406
049 $aHLSS
906 $0OCLC